A short wedding dress + blush cardigan for an indie spring wedding

There is something so romantic and tasteful about an all bright & colourful colour palette and this wedding is living proof! With bursts of hot pink, yellow, orange, coral and peach throughout, this spring Belgium wedding is the perfect mix of indie and fun. Thanks to Dieter Decuypere of Speaking through Silence for sharing his imagery and congratulations from all at I take You to Heidi and Luke. The beautiful bride Heidi chose a short wedding dress complete with blush cardigan for her wedding to Luke on the 8th of April, 2017.

The two met when Heidi was travelling in Australia for 6 months and Luke was working in the Western Australian mines. Crossing paths in a hostel, the two started a love story that saw them moving to Melbourne and marrying each other in Belgium years later.

Oh we also forgot to mention that on the magical evening, the two spent life as newlyweds in a castle all to themselves, now this is really a fairytale love story! You’ll see why this wedding will surely stand the test of time.

— The Wedding Details —

How many guests?
55

How did you and your partner meet?
I came travelling in Australia for 6 months, staying in hostels. I started my Australian adventure in Perth.
Luke was working in the mines in Western Australian on a FIFO basis and on his time off he stayed in hostels around Perth.
2 days after I arrived in Perth, Luke showed up in the same hostel as where I was staying.
The rest is history

How did he propose?
Our favourite weekend getaway was Gilgare Retreat in Margaret River.
A few weeks before we would be moving to Melbourne, he treated me to a few nights away here.
We went on a beautiful nature walk which we would do every time we were there.
On a little bridge, he stopped me and proposed.

What’s your most important piece of advice for creating and maintaining a strong relationship?
Being patient with each other.

Tell us about your wedding gown and how you chose it:
My wedding gown was actually a Christmas gift from Luke 3 years before we got married.
Around Christmas time 2014 we were doing our Christmas shopping. I tried on my wedding dress, but decided not to buy it because it was pricey and I wouldn’t have many occasions wearing it.
We went on buying another dress, but Luke went back and bought me the Carla Zampatti dress as a Christmas present.
At the time of his proposal I hadn’t had a chance to wear the dress yet, so I decided that this dress would become my wedding dress.
What sort of style did you envision for your wedding day?
Indi style wedding.

What was your favorite moment from the day?
We included our daughter Stella’s baptism in the wedding ceremony. My favourite moment was seeing her in de cape that my grandmother made for my mum when she was baptised.

Any DIY décor elements?
– Instead of a traditional guest book, we enlarged a photo of our family (Luke, our daughter and me) on canvas and had people write a little message on this. The idea being that a traditional guestbook would rarely be looked at again, but the canvas photo is hanging in our living room and we can enjoy it every day
– Little thank you presents for the guest. I bought little jam jars and filled them with corn for people to make pop-corn of. I attached a note to the jar saying “Thank you for popping by.”
– The seating chart for the evening dinner
– Bird cage for envelopes (we included a wishing well with our invitation)
– At the entry of the evening venue, I put a frame with 2 half hearts. Each half of the heart was a map of the town where Luke and I grew up in.
– Flower arrangements and wedding bouquet were made by an aunt of mine
– Table numbers: I used large jam jars filled with lollies. On the jam jar, I put the table numbers.
– I also wrote the entire Ceremony myself and made the booklet. Seeing the wedding was attended by both my family (Flemish) and my husband’s family (English) I included the both languages in the booklet. (Hats off to the priest who fluently switched between Flemish and English sections)

If you could do it all over again, what would you change?
Honestly, nothing!

Any tips that you can give to future brides?
Delegate everything on the wedding day itself; ask bridesmaides, groomsmen or parents to look after a certain part of the day. Try to divide the day up between different people to keep it manageable for them.

Invest in a good photographer, it is the only memento of your wedding.

Ask advice to time the different parts of the day. Get a clear idea of how long the make-up/hair, ceremony, photos, etc will take so you can make a flowing day planning.

Sitting down during the ceremony (you’ll be on your feet (bride in heels!!) most of the day)
Anything else you’d like to add?
I have to add the amazing surprise we had when arriving at our photo location/wedding night location.
I booked to have our wedding night in a castle (Ter dolen, Helchteren, Belgium) where I used to work during my University days (The castle has a bed & breakfast, brewery and pub attached to it.

I booked it early 2015 because our original wedding date was 24 September 2016. Due to medical reason, we had to postpone our wedding to 2017, so I notified the B&B owner.

Arriving at the castle in the afternoon of 08/04/2017, the owner told me they actually stopped running the B&B from the castle and she moved into the castle with her family. But because we made reservations so long ago and because she still knew me from working there, she was staying elsewhere for the night and Luke and I had the entire caste to ourselves (including the family dog )

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